Aloha Sunset Land - Lyrics by Ioane
Kawelo & J.R.Shannon,
Music by Ioane Kawelo |
| Purple shadows play 'neath the koa trees Far o'er the western sea Homeland mine Oh, how I long for thee Night winds bring the sweet ʻukulele Strumming its melody In my dreams Calling again to me Silver moonbeams light up the mountain peaks on high Baby stars are twinkling beneath the mothering sky Memories bring dream pictures of childhood scenes so grand While my heart is crying for Sunset Land Refrain: I love each rock and rill I love each vale and hill Aloha ʻoe fair isle so grand Though o'er the seas I roam In dreams I'll journey home Aloha Sunset Land Oʻahu, where mem'ries are golden I miss your coral'd strand Isle of dreams My own Hawaiian land Where the rippling waters are playing While sunbeams kiss the sea Could you know How my heart yearns for thee Daydreams bring the lilt of the birdlings song so gay Where wild daisies swayed by the tradewinds seem to play Though the years may lead me afar o'er oceans blue With each sunset, I will return to you |
| Source: Strand Family collection - Ioane Kawelo was an alias used by John Stepan Zamecnik 1872-1953) a prolific American composer who trained at the Prague Conservatory of Music. Credited with nearly 2,000 compositions, he was a major composer of "photoplay music," the genre of music used by silent film theater orchestras. |